69 South
Plains Road
The Plains, OH 45780
614-797-9686
800-582-8890
Getting to Know the
Athens SWCD
Gail Doyle, Education Coordinator
1996 marked fifty years of
service by the Athens SWCD. Organized on September 10th,
1946, the District operates under the provisions of the
Ohio Revised Code, and covers all of Athens County,
approximately 322,560 acres.
The District is governed
by a five member board of supervisors. Each member serves
a voluntary three year term of office. Any person, 18
years or older, owning land or residing in Athens County
may vote and/or be nominated to the board. It is the duty
of the board to develop the plan of work for the District
and to manage the District programs.
Funding for the District
is provided by the Athens County Commissioners and the
City of Athens. In addition to these funds the State of
Ohio provides matching funds based on a percentage of
local contributions to the District.
The District duties
include responding to soil and water conservation needs
in agriculture, construction, forestry, recreation, water
quality, erosion control, land development, land
management, and conservation education.
To meet these duties the District
provides the following services, free of charge, for
Athens County:
- Conservation planning for wise land use
- Planning, engineering, and design of agricultural
conservation practices that control soil erosion
- Soil survey information and interpretation
- Erosion and sediment control planning
- Building site reviews, including home and pond
sites
- Animal waste management
- Drainage improvement
- Forestry resource management
- Conservation cropping systems
- Conservation education, including group
presentations, in-services, workshops and field
days
- Conservation Resource Library, including books,
videos, displays and slides that may be checked
out
- Soil stewardship materials
- Pasture and hay land management
- Multiflora rose control programs
- Abandoned mine reclamation projects
- Critical area stabilization
- Subdivision plan reviews
- Storm water management
- Recreation land planning
- Equipment rental including tree planting bar,
soil probe, hand seeder, stream monitoring kits
and chemical sets, and lake monitoring kit
These services are provided with minimal charge:
- Equipment rental including no-till drill, lime
spreader, sprayer, warm season grass drill
- Tree seedling sales
- Fish sales
- Topography maps
- Plat books
- Tree marketing flags
Programs and services provided by the
Athens SWCD are available to all Athens County Residents.
Internet Resources for Soil
& Water Conservation
Ohio Department of
Agriculture
Ohio Department of
Natural Resources
ODNR
Division of Forestry
ODNR
Division of Soil & Water Conservation
ODNR
Division of Wildlife
Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency
Soil & Water
Conservation Society
U. S. Department of
Agriculture
USDA-ARS
Conservation & Production Research Laboratory
USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
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